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Trad. 擋
- to resist
- to obstruct
- to hinder
- to keep off
- to block (a blow)
- to get in the way of
- cover
- gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
Trad. 擋位
- (in a manual car) gear (i.e. reverse, neutral, 1st, 2nd etc)
- (automatic car) transmission mode (P, R, N, D etc)
- (electric fan, cooker etc) setting; mode
Trad. 放空擋
- to coast along in neutral gear (in a car)
- (coll.) to go commando
Trad. 擋箭牌
- arrow-blocking shield
- (fig.) pretext; cover; sth used to deflect blame, criticism or pressure
Trad. 勢不可擋
- see 勢不可當|势不可当[shi4 bu4 ke3 dang1]
Trad. 螳臂擋車
- see 螳臂當車|螳臂当车[tang2 bi4 dang1 che1]
Trad. 兵來將擋，水來土掩
- counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
- to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation